Korey Wise

Korey Wise (1973-) was an African-American man from New York City who served 13 years in adult prisons after being wrongfully arrested and convicted in the 1990 Central Park jogger case.

Biography
Korey Wise was born in Harlem, New York City, New York in 1973. He became a truant during high school due to being threatened by other students, and he missed school for all of April 1989. That month, jogger Trisha Meili was beaten and raped while jogging in Central Park, and Wise's friend Yusef Salaam was placed on the NYPD's suspect list. When Salaam was arrested outside of a barbershop, Detective John Taglioni invited Wise to accompany his friend to the police station, although Wise was not on the list. Despite not being on the list, Wise was also interrogated and coerced into making false statements, including a filmed "confession" in which he said that he had raped Meili and that this was his first and last rape. He was put on trial in 1990 and found innocent of attempted murder and rape, but he was found guilty of sexual abuse and assault and served more than 13 years in an adult prison. He came across criminal Matias Reyes in prison, and Reyes, motivated by the encounter, confessed that he was the true rapist, and he and the others were exonerated in 2002 and released. Tragically, during his imprisonment, Wise's father passed away, and his transgender sister Marci Wise was murdered. Wise became a criminal justice activist, founding the Korey Wise Innocence Project.